The Agile Leadership Kata Discovering the Practice of Leadership Goal Design a set of practices that you can use to improve your effectiveness as agile leaders “Practice is the best of all instructors.” -Publilius Syrus Why Practice? Average? Stuck in a Rut? Variation in Individual and Team Performance… Range of Individual Differences in Programming Performance Performance Measure Poorest Score Best Score Ratio Debug Hours 170 6 28:1 CPU Time 541 50 11:1 Code Hours 50 2 25:1 Program Size 6137 1050 6:1 Run Time 8.0 0.6 13:1 *from Sackman, Erikson, & Grant 1968 Agenda • Practice • Leadership • The Leadership Kata Benefits of Practice • Builds Self Confidence • Enhances Creativity • Offers Opportunity for Exploration • Auditions Ideas • Fosters Continuous Improvement • Promotes Learning • It can make use better LEADERS! “Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.” -anon What is Practice? Deliberate Practice *from K. Anders Ericsson, et. al. 1993